“This should give our girls confidence, we know we can win now,” she said. “When you go from not winning a game two years ago, to only three wins last year, and winning nine this year, that’s a huge accomplishment.”

Shelby battled evenly through the first two games before Newton-Conover’s experience and superior passing dictated the outcome.

“You hate to lose especially for your seniors,” said Oglesby, “but I think for our players coming back, like we’ve said all year, if you’re not giving 100 percent, you’re cheating yourself. I think they saw the things we were doing in practice worked.”